John franklin ziegler and charles grant ziegler



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L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FRANKLIN ZIEGLER AND CHARLES GRANT ZIEGLER, OF TOLEDO,

OHIO, ASSIGNORS PLACE.

OF ONE-THIRD TO EDIVARD H. ZIEGLER, OF SAME WELL OR CISTERN FILTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,763, dated September 16, 1 890.

Application filed November 27, 1889.v 'Serial No.331,'764. (No model.)

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, J ORN FRANKLIN ZIEG- LER and CHARLES GRANT ZIEGLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vell or Cistern Filters; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to water-filters forcisterns and wells, and aims to provide a closed filter into which the Water permeating the porous sides of the iilter is received and from which the purified and filtered water is drawn for use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for eectively and rapidly cleansing the sides of the filter.

The improvement consists of the novel features, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical section of a lter of our invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a modified form. Fig. 3 is a further modification. Fig/t is a top plan view of the cleaner.

In all the figures, A designates a porous cylinder in the well or cistern, and sustained from the bottom by legs B of the circular plate O, upon which the cylinder rests, there being a circular top plate O', and the cylinder is firmly secured between the plates by means of rodsD, which run parallel with the cylinder and pass through perforations d formed in each head. Packing t is interposed between the cylinder ends and the plates to render the same tight. In the construction shown in Fig. l,plate C is formed with two perforations C, through which pass a U-shaped pipe E, made either ot' pottery, glass, or metal, properly lined with porcelain, cement, Wax, or paraftine to prevent rust or corrosion, the pipes being connected with a tubing F, both top and bottom plates having on outside a Iiange or rim without side threads. It' the tubing is of wood, it is screwed over the threaded rims. It the tubing or U-shaped tubes are of metal, as bottom of Fig. 2, they are connected with coupling, as gas and steam pipe titting, whereby there is formed a practical endless way for the endless chain of a chain-pump which, moving through the tubing and pipe c, always raises filtered water to the spout g for use.

It will be understood that we coat the end plates O and C with cement or wax to render the same free from rust or corrosion, and that the tubing F may be the ordinary wooden or metal well-tubing in common use in chain and suction pumps. Fig. 2 is practically the same arrangement, with the exception that the U-shaped pipe c is placed with only one portion of the pipe within the cylinder, the perforations or slots being within the cylinder. The object of these perforations or slots is to admit filtered Water from within the cylinder into the pipe or tubing, so that it maybe raised in the manner above described, this arrangement being of value when the cylinder-is of a diameter too small to accommodate both.

The tillin g of charcoal (lettered H) is placed in the filter to absorb the gas, should there be any left in the water after it has passed through the tiltering-cylinder.

The cleaner for removing sediment from the outer surface of the cylinder consists of the ring I, which is of a diameter to closely encircle the cylinder and have a movement thereon when actuated by rod J, which eX- tends to the top of the Well or cistern, with a band K encircling the tubing and having diverging rods, which are bent at an obtuse angle to lie parallel with the cylinder and pass through perforations in plates C, and are passed through perforations Nin cleaner I and riveted at the lower side, when, by an upward and downward motion with rod Jl at the top of the well or cistern, the cleaner is moved over the cylinder, cleaning the same. The cleaner is provided on its inner side with a brush K, which, when rod J is operated, removes the sediment from the exterior of the cylinder without doing injury thereto.

In Fig. 3 the tube extends vertically and is IOO connected with pipe E, this arrangement being adapted for use with the ordinary lift or valve pump J.

O designates a reservoir supplemented to the lter and connected by a pipe P, there being an air-escape pipe Q connected with the topvof the reservoir and tubing whereby the air can escape and allow the filtered water from cylinder A to flow therein, as a reservoir, when a greater quantity of filtered water is desired than usual.

Having fully described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereinbefore-specified filter comprising filtering-cylinder A, metal end plates closing the ends of the said cylinder, and rods D,

securing said metal plates together, the annular cleaner encircling the said cylinder, and having openings to receive the said rods D which guide it in its movements, and rod J, having diverging 'rods at its lower end, which rods pass through openings in the upper end plate and are Y connected at their lower ends with the'said cleaner, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN FRANKLIN ZIEGLER. CHARLES GRANT ZIEGLER.

Witnesses:

HARRY HAYNEs, ALFRED WILKIN. 

